This page contains information about the history of the German flag.
| Year | Flag | Info |
| 1816 |  |
German Fraternity Flag |
| 1848 - 1866 |  |
National Flag and Trading Flag |
| 1867 - 1871 |  |
Flag of North Germany |
| 1867 - 1921 |  |
Imperial war flag |
| 1871 - 1919 | |
National flag of the second German Reich |
| 1919 - 1933 | |
Trading flag of the Weimar Republic |
| 1919 - 1933 | |
National flag of the Weimar Republic |
| 1933 - 1935 | |
National and Trading flag of the third German Reich (together with swastika flag) |
| 1949 - today | |
Current German national flag |